Clergy can sue churches, only if treated as employees
A Methodist minister in Cornwall has been allowed to sue her church for unfair dismissal, but only because the church effectively treated her as an employee rather than an office holder.
A Methodist minister in Cornwall has been allowed to sue her church for unfair dismissal, but only because the church effectively treated her as an employee rather than an office holder.
Secularism is optional, but religious liberty is non-negotiable, a judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has said in the Italian crucifix case.